on the coat-tails of

on the coat-tails of
(on the coat-tails (или coattails) of)
1) (smb.) с помощью кого-л. (тж. on smb.'s coat-tails или coattails) [первонач. амер.]

Flem Snopes's wife, riding into Jefferson society on Judge Lemuel Stevens's daughter's coat-tail... (W. Faulkner, ‘The Town’, ch. 3) — Жена Флема Сноупса проникла в светское общество при поддержке дочери судьи Лемюэля Стивенса...

She became successful on the coattails of her famous father. (RHD) — Она добилась успеха с помощью своего знаменитого отца.

2) (smth.) вслед за чем-л

His decline in popularity followed on the coattails of the scandal. (RHD) — Его популярность после этого скандала упала.

3) (smb.) амер.; полит. в зависимости от успеха другого кандидата (тж. on smb.'s coat-tails или coattails) (говорится о малоизвестном или непопулярном кандидате, который побеждает на выборах благодаря популярности другого кандидата, проходящего по тому же избирательному списку)

Eisenhower Was unable to transfer his strength to those candidates who ran on his coat-tails. (‘Manchester Guardian Weekly’) — Эйзенхауэр не мог поделиться своей популярностью с кандидатами, которые были с ним в одном избирательном списке.

That straight-ticket voting has enabled many a mediocre candidate to ride into office on the coat-tails of an able, popular man at the top. (APT) — Система голосования, при которой используются избирательные бюллетени с именами всех кандидатов партии, дает возможность многим малопопулярным политическим деятелям прийти к власти за счет действительно выдающихся.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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